- Sydney Windows Infrastructure Group – July 15th
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From Derrick Buckley, User Group Lead for SWIG:
Hi All,
See you all at SWIG on Tuesday for great talks, prizes and free food and drink.....
We have a great talk on preparing for your Windows 2008 MCITP exam with Ken Schaefer
Ken’s Bio - Ken Schaefer is a systems engineer consultant for global systems integrator Avanade. Avanade is a joint partnership between Microsoft and Accenture and focuses on enterprise projects across the Microsoft product stack.
Ken has worked with IIS for around 10 years, and been a Microsoft MVP for IIS since 2003. He has presented at numerous Microsoft Tech.Ed events across the US, Australia and Asia, written articles for Microsoft TechNet and spent countless hours talking about IIS at other events, user group meetings and roadshows. He was lead author for Professional IIS 7 (Wrox/Wiley) and co-author of Securing IIS 6.0 (Syngress Press)
He is currently an MCITP (Win2k8 EA), MCSE+Security, MCDBA, MCTS and holds a Masters in Business and Technology from UNSW. Ken blogs about IIS at http://adopenstatic.com/blog
Our second talk is now confirmed and Amit Pawar has agreed to give us a talk on the new Windows Hyper V technology. Amit Pawar is a Technology Solutions Professional specialising in Windows Server technologies. As a technical specialist, his role involves being able to explain and demonstrate the features and benefits of the Windows Server platform as a infrastructure platform to customers and partners. In the past 7 years Amit has worked in a varied roles within Microsoft Australia ranging from Microsoft Consulting Services to Product Support Services.
We also have a Demo from Chris Mohan on File Server Resource Manager for Windows 2008. Have a look at Chris’s blog - http://www.chris-mohan.com/ The demo will be recorded and entered into the Microsoft Demo competition....best of luck Chris!
See you on Tuesday
Derrick Buckley
Tue 15th July 2008 6pm
Healey Room, Ground Floor
50 Bridge St Sydney
http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=-33.863395~151.211249&style=r&lvl=14&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&where1=50%20Bridge%20St%2C%20Sydney&encType=1
- Live Search is great for Image search especially Album Art
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Having just bought the latest Offspring Album - Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace I used Windows Media Player to rip it to my music library but it didn't pick up the album art. I have been using Live Search for finding images lately because it has some pretty handy features.
On the right hand side there are a variety of filters you can apply to the search. Since Im looking for the highest resolution album art for my library (good if your using Media Center) I just select large or desktop and it comes back with the filtered results. I then click the the image link URL where then it opens a new window with the image. I simply drag and drop the Album Art into Windows Media Player and I have my new Album Art sorted. Of course you wouldnt need to go through this if it picked up the album art in the first place..
- Windows Server Hyper-V is available for Download
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Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing and ready for download here. It will also be available through Windows Update soon.
I was also reading a good story about BMW Dealerships going Virtual across the world with upgrade plans to Windows Server 2008 64-bit and Hyper-V.
Dont forget to check out our Virtualization coverage at TechEd Australia this year.
- The Mobility Smackdown at TechEd 2008
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Johann has done another TechNet VODcast on what the Mobility Smackdown will be like at TechEd 2008. The Smackdown is one of the most popular sessions at TechEd! Johann is interviewing Roger Lawrence (Group Manager for Developer and Platform Evangelism) and Rick Anderson (Mobility Solution Specialist).
- What will be in the Unified Communications track at TechEd?
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Johann recently did a short interview with Colin Lee who is a speaker at TechEd 2008 about the Unified Communications track. Have a watch below.
- TechEd 2008 Track Session Planning need your feedback
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So our Track Owners are busy working on making TechEd 2008 the best experience for you in terms of deep and relevant technical content. Here are a few blog posts with some of the proposed sessions, feel free to leave them comments around what you would like to see.
Jeff Alexander - Windows Server Track Planning
Rocky Heckman - Security Track Planning
Johann Kruse - Unified Communications Track Planning
Robbie Upcroft - Small Business Server Pre Day Planning
Andrew Coates - WOW! The Technology of TechEd Track Planning
Nigel Watson - Architecture Track Planning
Alistair Speirs - Office System Track Planning
Darryl Burling - Web Technology Track Planning
You can also chat to the track owners online
Dont forget to join the TechEd Australia 2008 Events Page on Facebook.
- Register for TechEd 2008 and Chat to the Track owners online
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As mentioned before TechEd 2008 will be held at the Sydney Convention Centre during September 2nd-5th. TechEd is the opportunity to get on top of the latest development trends and gain hands-on experience with the newest tools and platforms. Connect with new people, get new ideas, be a part of the experience. Tech.Ed 2008 features multiple hands-on learning and social opportunities to help you advance your career and expand your horizons.
Our earlybird discount ends on the 27th June. With the earlybird discount you get $250 off the normal price so you only pay $1749. Make sure you also take part in the online poll on the site to help us shape TechEd this year. We will update the questions weekly.
We are offering something new this year on the website, its the opportunity for you to chat directly to the Track organisers online. We have enabled this using Windows Live IM Control. If your unsure about a particular track or session feel free to ask them a question about it.
The TechEd site is Silverlight enabled so make sure you have the latest version of Silverlight installed.
- The Xbox 360 Chopper up for grabs
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I walked past our foyer during lunch and saw the following:
Xbox 360 and Game have teamed up to offer this as a prize to a lucky person. Pretty cool prize, imagine cruising around in that!
Competition details http://www.game.com.au/choppercomp
- 40% discount TechNet Plus Direct Subscriptions for readers
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We had a really good response to the special promo code we offered at our recent launch events for TechNet Plus Direct. I thought I should offer it to those of you who are active readers of this blog. The 40% discount makes the subscription price of TechNet Plus Direct only $307 bucks. So if you were thinking about getting TechNet Plus Direct, now is a better time than never. The promo code is TLNW08.
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- Australian TechEd 2008 Will be in Sydney
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We are working on getting the TechEd Site live this week. For those who didnt know its going to be in Sydney on the 2nd-5th September.
Ill let you know when we push the registration site live.
- Virtual Earth Birds Eye View in Australia
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I saw this on Harvey's Blog and thought its definitely a cool addition to Virtual Earth Maps for Australia. As you can see from the image below that is what the Sydney Opera House looks like in Birds Eye View in Virtual Earth.
Kordahi did a screencast of what it looks like, see below.
Have a play around with it today at http://maps.live.com
- Big Brother Live Streaming with Silverlight
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If your a fan of Big Brother you will be happy to know the Live Streaming service is using Microsoft Silverlight technology. Start watching now!
- Is Microsoft Clippy making a comeback?
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I found the following in the office today, couldnt help but to take a picture of him!
Its my old mate Microsoft Clippy! I dont think hes making a comeback since he didnt have that many friends back in the day, but good to see hes still smiling and enjoying his retirement. Im sure he was thinking of saying "It looks like your taking a picture....Would you like help?"
I did a search on Microsoft Clippy and found a Microsoft Clippy game which is still up and running on the Microsoft Taiwan site! Give it a go.
I wonder where Peddy the parrot is hanging out?
And no Clippy assures us hes not making a comeback.
- REMIX 08 Registration Open
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Sydney
May 20
Powerhouse Museum
Harris Street, Ultimo
Melbourne
May 22
Melbourne Town Hall
Cnr Swanston & Collins
Street, Melbourne
REMIX08 is your opportunity to experience all that is new in Silverlight 2, Expression 2, IE8, Live and a host of other great web technologies coming fast and furious from Microsoft. You will also see how local Australian innovators are creating the next generation of engaging websites and unprecedented user experiences for the web.
Register and join us at REMIX 08 The Next Web Now
Be one of the first in the world to receive a full copy of Expression Studio 2, valued at $1,040*, compliments of the REMIX team!
There are some pretty cool sessions including a good one on IIS7:
Bringing Hosters and Developers together with IIS7 - Jorke Odolphi/ Greg Willis
Come learn about all the great new features in Microsoft Internet Information Services 7 for hosters and web farm managers including creating a highly customizable environment for building scalable and reliable media applications.
Its a $199 bucks so make sure you register early.
Oh yeah dont forget to check out the Blog Bling
- Windows Vista SP1 TechNet Update Events
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We will be having 2 Windows Vista SP1 TechNet Update Events in Sydney and Melbourne for IT Professionals. Details below.
Session 1 - Windows Vista Service Pack 1 – Updates and Improvements!
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) along with work from Microsoft’s hardware and software partners, brings improvements that address many of the key pieces of customer feedback, especially in the areas of compatibility, performance and reliability. SP1 also improves some management, deployment and support features, as well as power options for a greener PC. This session will cover what’s new, what has changed and the benefits that Windows Vista brings to your organization.
Session 2 - How Windows Vista makes desktop deployment easier!
Deploying desktop operating system can be challenging, time consuming and at times difficult! Find out how Windows Vista with Service Pack 1, together with Microsoft management technologies and the new Microsoft Deployment framework helps you address the desktop deployment challenges. This session will cover technologies such as the new Windows Automated Installation Kit, Application Compatibility Toolkit v5, Single Image deployments all leveraging the Microsoft System Centre management technologies.
Melbourne Registration
Tuesday 29th April 9am-11am (Registration from 8.30am)
Microsoft Melbourne Office
Entrance is around the corner from the PWC entrance.
Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place
PWC Building, Southbank Southbank Victoria 3006
Sydney Registration
Thursday 1st May 9am-11am (Registration from 8.30am)
Microsoft Head Office
Directions: Dehli rd or Epping rd are the main streets for driving into the corporate park
Go to the registration desk past the elevators on the ground floor. Parking available outside reception and also in the visitors carpark located at the rear of the building (Signs will direct you to the B1 carpark).
1 Epping Road
North Ryde North Ryde New South Wales 2113
Catering will be provided.
